“When we arrived at Polytechnique, there were no rooms for us, no uniforms either. We were housed in the infirmary and given a tracksuit.”
Fifty years ago, Dominique Senequier joined, alongside six other young girls, the prestigious school of engineers, created in 1794 and passed, with Napoleon, under military status.
In April 1972, at the instigation of Michel Debré, Minister of Defense at Pompidou, the school announced its opening to women.
No one would imagine then that, among the rare young girls in science preparatory classes, some would dare to try their luck.
With brio.
One of them, Anne Chopinet, is even the valedictorian.
Puzzle for the soldiers in September 1972.
“At the time, the military service of the cadets comprised five months at the beginning of schooling and seven at the end.
We were sent to a barracks in Caen, then to Dieppe, where we were given dictations and moral lessons
, remembers Dominique Senequier…
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